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2003 Audi A4 1.8L MechanicalThis is a CVT transmission. I have done several of them
without anyproblems. For some reason I cannot get this TCM
to adapt.
Sorry I don't have the codes we've been dealing with this
car for a month now. Car came from another shop, gear
selector was flashing,...

2002 BMW 325Ci 2.5L engineVIN: WBABS33402car came in with check coolant leak,and overheat. noticed
engine light on, i scanned found misfire on 2 cylinders.
but customer did not complain about driveability and during
test drive did not notice any misfire. any how i decided to
do a combustion test and ...

2004 BMW X5 4.4i 4.4L batteryVIN: 5UXFB53564Car battery goes dead overnight. Found 2.25 amp draw.
Pulled fuses to find circuit that was affected. Found that
after pulling fuses for modules in system draw went away,
so i puled bus pins from gen. module.With pins removed draw
is still their. Nav. system D...

2004 BMW 545i 4.4L steeringVIN: WBANB33524Since we have started to service this car...we have solved
alot of electical issues by replacing the battery with the
correct BMW one and registering it with the AUTOLOGIC. Also
the alternator solved the overvoltage codes and flickering
INFOTAINMENT display.
...

1996 Buick Park Avenue 3.8L air distribution, errant tempsVIN: 1G4CW52K0TWhen going uphill, the air output drops from the dash
registers to the floor, and returns on letup or
decelleration. Also, with the dual zone system set on
manual, and target temp set at 90, the passenger's side set
at it's coolest setting, the passenger's sid...

1991 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 5.0L No StartVIN: 1G1FP33F9Mvehicle will not start without adding fuel to system[carb
cleaner] engine will start and run normally until you
restart engine.compression 150 all cylinders/fuel pressure
41-45 on cranking/has good spark[new distributer and coil
new plugs and wires.road test r...

1993 Chevrolet G30 Hi-Cube 5.7L No StartVIN: 2GBHG31K5PBus got towed to shop for no start. Customer said it
started and ran for a few min around his yard and then
quit. Stared back up ran for five min than never started
again. Fuel pressure is 16lbs, have good spark but i have
no injector pulse. I scoped the picku...

2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L DifferentialVIN: 1GCEK19T44This truck has no light on the transfer case switch except
back light and no communication with the tccm but the crazy
thing is there are no codes for it and no service 4wd lamp
we checked all power and grounds previous shop replaced
tccm and switch with no ch...

2004 Chevrolet Tahoe LS 5.3L PcmVIN: 1GNEK13T44TCC does not work nor does it get command on data screen
when driven. It will go into lockup when commanded from
scan tool. TP, ECT, Brake switch all work properly and the
PCM harness is clean [no green]but there is a po300 random
missfire and I clearly see cy...

2005 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 LT 5.3L odometerVIN: 3GNEC16Z45odometer shows error,there are no codes in ipc,bcm ecm,or
any other module,I think it needs to be shipped for
repair,just want confirmation from other techs.any
responses would be appreciated

2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer LT 4.2L absVIN: 1GNDT13S56This is my wife’s and as we all are aware that seems to be
the "one" vehicle that Murphy’s Law kicks you in the shins
on every time. This thing has set a code C0196 off and on
from the time we bought it with 12K miles on it. I finally
got it in the shop to get...

2008 Chevrolet Express 2500 4.8L Theft DeterrentVIN: 1GCGG25C68I have this van that someone tried to steal. I replaced the
TDM and lock cylinder due to damage, but I can not get it
to relearn the key. I was told by my dealer that I could
perform a 30 min. relearn on this vehicle but I was
wondering if anyone knew for sure...

2008 Chevrolet HHR LS 2.2L Power locks Shift interlockVIN: 3GNCA13D38After sitting for at least eight hours when the car is
started the door locks unlock and continue to unlock for
five minutes. Also the shift interlock solonioid releases
at the same time with foot on brake pedal or not. What I
mean by that is that the door unl...

2002 Chrysler Town & Country (Van) Limited 3.8L No StartVIN: 2C8GP64L92Vehicle towed in cranks but does not start. No check engine
light key on. Cranks normally but no spark. I can
communicate with PCM (no codes) but cannot communicate with
any other module (ABS Trans IPC Air Bag or BCM).
I checked power and ground at BCM, it's ...

2006 Chrysler Town & Country (Van) Touring 3.8L MechanicalVIN: 2A4GP54L06a little help guys, we have a ticking noise in the engine.
noise is there all the time and we shorted cylinders, and
noise does not change. it appears to be coming from intake
area. more so in center. vacuim gauge does not fluctuate.
we removed front valve cov...

1987 Ford F-150 Custom 4.9L No Start, StallVIN: 1FTEF14Y3Hok guys, I have a 1987 ford f150 that was running good, but
the problem it had was the computer was not truning on the
FP relay, jumped it to ground truck fired up and ran fine
with the wire connected, disconect the wire while running
and truck stalled, reconn...

1994 Ford E-250 Econoline XL 5.8L MisfireVIN: 1FTHE24H0RVehicle came in with a miss at idle and under load and big
spark knock at wide open throttle. ping at part throttle.
It seems like a dead miss, or a buck. The customer replaced
his cap and wires before it came to me but did'nt change
the plugs. so i started wi...

2002 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L No StartVIN: 1FTNW21FX2this truck came in with a hard to start or no start when
cold below 50 umless you plugg it in had 4 injector fault
we replaced all glow plugs ipr and an icp did num 4
injector after idm quits firing injectors we replaced from
ford truck came back and is still ...

2001 Honda Civic LX 1.7L SurgeVIN: 2HGES16581Vehicle came in with idle problem. She says that in the
mornings the vehicle revs up at 1,500-2,000 rpm and
sometimes it surges up and down. When she puts it in gear
the rpms stay above 1,000 rpm and kind-of picks up speed by
it self with out giving it gas. Sh...

2006 Hyundai Sonata GLS 3.3L variable cam timingVIN: 5NPEU46F16Bear with me guys,one of my employees made a dumb mistake.
In an attempt to replace the timing chain tensioners on
this car he removed the tensioner on the front bank(
problem #1 he didn't put the engine in time before
disassembly. problem #2 he didn't secure ...

1999 Infiniti I30 3.0L Tcc VIN: JNKCA21A7XI am looking for help on a P0744 code after several miles
of driving. Alldata states this is a mechanical issue, yet
I have already replaced most of the components they say can
cause this code. This initially started out as one of the
codes it came in for, but...

1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.7L engineVIN: 1J4GW58N5Xengine in jeep was bad. Purchased used 4.7 from 2000
durango with miles 102,000.compression was good ,changed
pan and exhaust to fit in jeep, pan was very clean inside.
Installed into jeep. After startup ,the car ran for 30 sec
fairly well then got rough and s...

2008 Jeep Patriot Sport 2.4L ignitionVIN: 1J8FF28W88Other shop brought us this 2008 Jeep patriot no crank no
start. We started by verifying that there is no power to
starter when vehicle does not crank. Began looking at
wiring diagrams and found that the ignition switch sends
information to the wireless control...

2009 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited X 3.8L Heating And AcVIN: 1J4GZ39189This is a right hand drive jeep. When in heat mode it blows
hot air on the right side only,the center and left side
blow cold air. The heater controls are manual.Do I have a
broken door ? Any idea ?

1989 Lincoln Town Car 5.0L No StartVIN: 1LNBM81F8KCar initially came in for crank no start. Pulled it into
shop and threw a charger on it. Fired right up. Was later
able to duplicate and found that it had no spark. Checked
coil resistance and was out of spec. Replaced both ignition
coil and module. Car fired ...

2006 Lincoln Navigator Ultimate 5.4L MisfireVIN: 5LMFU28576came to us with a bad miss on 4 under a load. it starts
with a slight spark knock just before it goes into a
complete miss on cyl. 4. we have checked running
compression wich is good, exh. back press. is below 1 psi.
We also did a induction cleaning just to ... Trouble codes: P0304

2002 Mazda Millenia S 2.3L Ignition coil connectorsVIN: JM1TA22222thanx for any help on this one (2.3 Millen Cycle engine)
some other shop did valve covers now the ignition coil
connectors are broken Mazda wants you to buy the whole
engine harness to get the connectors ($650.00)
so before I even try to pull this apart to re...

1987 Mercedes-Benz 560SL 5.6L No Compressor OperationVIN: WDBBA480XHNeed a little help. im working on a 87 mercedes 560sl.
came in shop for a/c service, after servicing the a/c tech.
noticed no compressor operation, i try to stay away from
old euro cars, especialy when it comes to electrical
problems, i did some back probing o...

2000 Mercedes-Benz S500 Guard 5.0L airstrutsVIN: WDBNG75J3YVehicle came to shop with rear suspension leaking down
overnight, replaced rear airstruts and let customer have
the vehicle back. The customer had the car for about 2
weeks when all 4 corners started to leak down overnight.
Got the Benz back in the shop and ve...

2006 Mercedes-Benz ML500 5.0L Rear Door LifterVIN: 4JGBB75EX6Rear lift gate will not close automatically. Must help the
door to get it to close. It opens fine. Replaced
motor/actuator assy because actuator was leaking. Problem
still exsists. Found fault code 91cf.

2009 Mini Cooper 1.6L brake lightVIN: WMWMF33529the brake light came on when the brake sensor wore thru and
after replacing the rotors pads and sensors the light will
still not go out. ebrake is ok and fluid level. Is there a
reset for this?

2000 Nissan Xterra SE 3.3L Cooling SystemsVIN: 5N1ED28Y4YThis vehicle's temp gage will peg full hot when going up
hills and has no heat. customer had replaced timing belt
and installed a new radiator when belt was done. has never
had heat since. I let run for a while after verifing the
concern and noticed that the u...

2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8L StartingVIN: 3N1CB51D15hi all technicians,i have this nissan sentra 1.8 2005,not
star,i put the sacaner and give me code 335 cranshaf
position sensor a, i change the 2 sensor and i do not have
spark at sparak plug,check all fuses is good.thanks in
advace for this help.

2008 Nissan Titan PRO-4X 5.6L intermitantly overheatsVIN: 1N6AA07C78Came into shop low on coolant "cust states he did not
refill after last t-stat" Air lift, fill with coolant. Test
drive about 5 miles. Then Temp gauge stared fluctuating
around the half way mark to threequarters. At the same time
the heater started blowing col...

1999 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L Poor Idle Quality, High IdleVIN: 4T1BG22K4XI have not had a problem with the idle. But customer states
that while at a traffic light last week idle rose slightly.
It happened to me once today for a few seconds. While
stopped RPM rose, put car in neutral and RPM went to 2K
then went to normal idle. No c...

2001 Volkswagen Cabrio GLS 2.0L BatteryVIN: 3VWCC21V71Thanks for helping me on this one. I can't stand working on
VW's and this is why. I have an 01 Cabrio that the battery
will go dead over night. When i disconnect the NEG lead to
the battery and hook up my DVOM i get a reading of .27
AMPS. To me anything under ...

2004 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L No StartVIN: WVWSR61J94Hello all in IATN land. I have a pump deuce that broke the
timing belt and ruined the head. I put a new head on along
with all the timing components and a water pump. After we
completed the job using the correct tools for cam alignment
and the correct head gas...

1991 Chevrolet R2500 Suburban Silverado 7.4L Blows FuseVIN: 1GNGR26N3MTHANKS TO ALL YOU GUYS WHO TOOK TIME TO RESPOND.BY THE WAY THIS TRUCK HAD A4L80E,WHICH I UNDERSTAND WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT IT WAS AVAILABLE.I ENDED UP REPLACING THE SOLENOIDS AND INTERNAL WIRING HARNESS.ITS BEEN GONE 4 DAYS,SO FAR SO GOOD.WHAT I REALLY WANTED...

2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L No StartVIN: 1GCEK19T35WELL IT IS FIXED DAN HAD THE RIGHT IDEA I UNHOOKED THE BATTERY RESTARTED AND PARKED OUT SIDE IN THE 10 BELOW WEATHER AND AT 5 OCLOCK PRESTO IT STARTED, ALL THE FUEL NUMBERS WERE RIGHT ON WHEN IT WARMED UP ALL WORKS PORPERLY AND STARTS COLD THANKS FOR ALL THE G... Trouble codes: P0171 (p0172-), P0172.

2005 Dodge Neon SRT-4 2.4L Poor Idle QualityVIN: 1B3ES66S45I recieved many good helpful replies to the concern. I re-tested the wiring and TPS again, and replaced the TPS. After seperating the wires and carefully checking for shorts and cross voltage, no problems were found with the wiring and NO repairs were done to ...

2009 Dodge Charger SE 3.5L steering angle sensorVIN: 2B3KA43V69car is fixed-thanks to all the quick responces,
Thomas from N/Y mentioned a bullitin [...],
I had to google the bullitin it involves loosening the torq screw on the coluum shround-the part that the angle sensor fits into and moving it to the upper positi...

2000 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L MisfireVIN: 1FTWW32F9YMost of the replies I got said that P0308 could mean that any cylinder was missing and if it ran ok to ignore it. It does run ok and I can't verify a miss on any other cylinder, but it can't be ignored because it sets a check engine light so I can't smog it wh... Trouble codes: P0308.

1999 GMC K2500 Sierra SLE 5.7L MIL Lamp onVIN: 1GTGK23R7XPretty much all your great replies is were I was heading. My engine miss was my brand new delco cap corroding, again.I cleaned cap, and blew out vent holes in dist. now it runs fine. I am going to swap the t-stat, and dist. gear this weekend and see what happe... Trouble codes: P1345.

1990 Jeep Cherokee Limited 4.0L StallVIN: 1J4FJ78L1LWe have tried all of the suggestions listed already...vehicle started working correctly and has ever since. We put dash back together and problem seemed at one time to be issolated to wiring in engine compartment.Has not acted up since relocating some of the h...

2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 6.1L headlightsVIN: 1J8HR78338Sorry guy's not much info on this one, assuming some how it has to be re-programed our customer didn't care to take it any further at this time but might in the spring when we put his OEM lenses back in. For some reason he want's to change them in winter? Than...

2003 Mazda 6 i 2.3L compressorVIN: 1YVFP80C83we didcheck for a shorted wire to b+ and nothing was found.customer has opted to not proceed with further testing at this time should we get a repair on this we willrepost thanks to all.

2004 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Air SpringsVIN: WDBUH65J04Thanks to everyone for the assistance, not quite fixed yet but at least we've determined the problem. We parked the car outside after disconnecting the electrical connector to the rear air springs and this time both rear springs deflated after 2 days. We were ...

2006 Mercedes-Benz E350 3.5L MIL Lamp onVIN: WDBUF56J96smoked the intake and found a leak on the front left part of the intake. customer declined on the repairs for now but will notify me when ready to fix them Trouble codes: P2A03.

2003 Mini Cooper 1.6L alarmVIN: WMWRC33473was not able to track this one down, waiting for customer to return when vehicle is acting up. temp outside hasn,t been overly cold. hoping for a cold snap since this only seems to be a problem when really cold. I'll keep ya posted if i do track this one down.

2004 Nissan Altima S 2.5L power steeringVIN: 1N4AL11E94Thanks for the input. The center link or steering coupling was the problem. The way the car is made I could not get to the coupling to check it.
I had to destroy the p.s.press. hose, steering link and rack/pinion to get the rack/pinion out of the car. After r...

2006 Nissan Maxima SL 3.5L EngineVIN: 1N4BA41E76Yes, we finally got this vehicle out of here. The problem turned out to be vvt solenoids (2), we changed them both and it took care of the starting/timing issue. A couple of techs suggested this, but with no codes pointing us there it took a while longer to fi...

2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue GX 3.5L Airbag lightVIN: 1G3WH52H8YWell i believe this one is fixed, the consensus of the replies was the SDM was not properly programmed in to the new BCM. I agree. As soon as the customer returns with the Veh. my local Chevy shop will be getting an ear full! Thanks again for all the help! ...

2003 Pontiac Grand Prix SE 3.1L No StartVIN: 1G2WK52J93After extensive electrical testing, we could still not establish comunication with the ECM. Even after eliminating all other modules, everything on the 5v reference circuit and 12v circuit we could still not establish any communication. We had 12.5v going to t...

2001 Toyota Sequoia SR5 4.7L Vsc,Vsc Trac Lights OnVIN: 5TDBT44A81See below - THIS SAVED OUR BACON! We took this vehicle to the Dealer and they told us the Steering Angle Sensor was bad AND the computer might be fried because the calibration wouldn't "take" with their scantool. That answer wasn't good enough for us and boy h...

2004 Volvo XC70 2.5L Horn/LightsVIN: YV1SZ59H44Car is fixed problem was spare remote was shorting out disconnected all batteries from both remotes no problems went to install battery in spare remote alarm went off removed battery reinstalled battery in other remote no problems.
Thanks for all the help